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Adjudication record

Cap. 185, s. 18 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) the adjudication record shall consist of a form in respect of each parcel of land, which form shall show, (a) The number and approximate area of the parcel as shown in the Registry Map; (b) either the name and description of the person entitled to be registered as the owner of the parcel, with particulars of the manner in which that person acquired that parcel and of any restriction on his power of dealing with it, or the fact that the parcel is national land; (c) The particulars of any right registrable under the Registered Land Act, Cap. 194 as shall enable it to be registered as a lease, mortgage, charge, easement, profit or restrictive covenant or agreement, as the case may be, affecting the parcel together with the name and description of the person entitled to the benefit thereof and particulars of any restriction on his power of dealing with it; (d) If any person shown in the adjudication record is under disability, whether by reason 18 of age, unsoundness of mind or otherwise, the name of such person’s guardian; (e) a list of the documents, if any, produced to the records officer and retained by him for the purpose of adjudication; and (f) The date on which the form is completed. (2) When completed, the form shall be signed by the records officer and, in the case of privately owned land, he shall take all such steps as are reasonable and necessary to obtain an acknowledgment signed by the owner of the parcel and by any person recorded under the provisions of subsection (1) (c) above, as having an interest in such parcel, that such owner and every other person accepts the record.
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